diff --git a/include/lib.sh b/include/lib.sh
index 67bc0f70..f4214e27 100755
--- a/include/lib.sh
+++ b/include/lib.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ check_defconfig()
 handle_coreboot_utils()
 {
 	for util in cbfstool ifdtool; do
-		x_ ./update trees $_f "src/coreboot/$1/util/$util"
+		x_ make -C "src/coreboot/$1/util/$util"
 		[ -z "$mode" ] && [ ! -f "cbutils/$1/$util" ] && \
 			x_ mkdir -p "cbutils/$1" && \
 			x_ cp "src/coreboot/$1/util/$util/$util" "cbutils/$1"